Karnataka: Domestic help in Bengaluru assaulted by stalkers

A 20-year-old domestic help was allegedly brutally assaulted by a group of migrant labourers at Varthur in Bengaluru after she resisted their advances, with the accused later accusing her of having an illicit affair. One of the accused further allegedly threatened to kill her for identifying him before the police.

The alleged incident occurred on April 3 night at a labourers’ colony on Belagere Road, where the woman lives alone. According to police, the woman was inside her house when her neighbour, Riyaz, came to deliver drinking water. At that moment, a group of men arrived, locked the house from outside, and began creating a ruckus.